What you need to know for next season

Checked mate: The autumn/winter season is always about a trophy coat. There's an abundance to choose from - maxi, fur-trimmed or masculine – but we’re putting our money on checks.
From left, Celine, Victoria Beckham, Louis Vuitton

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After an action-packed month of catwalk shows, celebrity frows and model
moments, it’s time to take a step back and digest the sartorial wares on
offer. The runways of New York, London, Milan and Paris provided a consensus
of ideas; here your next-season wardrobe awaits…

As usual for the autumn/winter season, coats were in abundance. Miuccia Prada
offered fur cuffs, belted waists and oversized shapes, while Marc Jacobs
looked to the boudoir with his embroidered satin housecoats.

London designers, perhaps more in tune with adverse weather conditions than
their Italian counterparts, provided warmth, with Mulberry’s swollen sleeves
and Henry Holland’s

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Checked mate: The autumn/winter season is always about a trophy coat. There's an abundance to choose from - maxi, fur-trimmed or masculine – but we’re putting our money on checks.
From left, Celine, Victoria Beckham, Louis Vuitton

March 8 2013 CATWALKING.COM

Checked mate: The autumn/winter season is always about a trophy coat. There's an abundance to choose from - maxi, fur-trimmed or masculine – but we’re putting our money on checks.
From left, Celine, Victoria Beckham, Louis Vuitton

Filament fringing: Otherwise known as feathers which, believe it or not, you will want for next year’s party season. Less Strictly come Dancing, more sartorial knowhow. From left, Erdem, Christopher Kane, Proezna Schouler

March 8 2013 Catwalking.com

Grunge: While one set of designers was making ladies out of us, the other was looking back to the Nineties. Dig out the plaid and battered Perfecto, 'ladies'. From left, Rodarte, Givenchy, Saint Laurent

March 8 2013 CATWALKING.COM

Houndstooth: Dior’s signature motif has been revived. This season it’s enlarged, abstract and making a subtle statement. From left, Michael Kors, Tommy Hilfiger, Christian Dior

March 8 2013 Catwalking.com

Leather: As ubiquitous as fur this season, make sure there’s one piece of luxe leather in your wardrobe. Best worn solo or teamed with crisp white. From left, Marni, Hermes, Jil Sander.